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Gwendolen Harleth, later Gwendolen Grandcourt, is a central character in George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda (1876). She acts as a foil to Mirah Lapidoth.
Gwendolen doesn't want to have to go to work when she finds out that her family has lost everything. She figures that, by marrying Grandcourt, she'll gain financial freedom, influence in society, and absolute control over one man.
Daniel Deronda contains two main strains of plot, united by the title character. The novel begins in September 1865 with the meeting of Daniel and Gwendolen Harleth in the fictional town of Leubronn, Germany.
- George Eliot, Jane Irwin
- 1876
In Daniel Deronda, George Eliot presents Gwendolen as having been rescued by Daniel, and most commentators have agreed, with many comparing the relationship to that of patient and therapist.
Mar 1, 2007 · While the wounded psyche of Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda has been the topic of much speculation, critics seem to have missed the key to the puzzle.
- Margaret Loewen Reimer
- 2007
Deronda: Daniel Deronda is an intelligent and compassionate young man looking for a vocation. Read More: Gwendolen: Gwendolen Harleth is a spoiled and selfish woman who is transformed through hardship and tragedy. Read More: Grandcourt
The essay introduces the paradigm of ‘the exotic erotic’—adapted from Judith Butler's Bodies that Matter—to explore Gwendolen Harleth's simultaneous racialising and sexualising of Daniel Deronda.
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